割わり注ちゅう

noun

warichū; interlinear notes; split annotation

A printing and typesetting term for notes inserted between lines of main text, often set in smaller type. Also refers to the technique of splitting a line into two half-sized columns for parenthetical comments. The loanword 'warichū' is used in English typography discussions.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょの割わり注ちゅうを読よむのは難むずかしい。

  Reading the interlinear notes in old documents is difficult.

• この版はんでは、注ちゅう釈しゃくが割わり注ちゅうとして本ほん文ぶんの間あいだに組くまれている。

  In this edition, the annotations are typeset as warichū between the lines of the main text.